February 2010
17 posts
“Son, you can love this business with everything you’ve got. Just don’t forget...”
– From a story about the news business from a journalist’s spouse. Read it and reap.
(via Ruby-Eyed Fox)
NYC, L.A. food critics get ready to rumble. What...
Jonathan Gold, the food critic of L.A. Weekly and author of one of the finest books about eating out in L.A., published the latest “99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die” list today.
Eagle-eyed New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton took notice — especially of Gold’s frequent proclamation that the City of Angels is tops for food.
Sifton takes umbrage in his latest blog...
Watch“Train of Thought” by David Dutton
WatchWhat if everything were a game with points that got you things in the real world — not just discounts and reminders, but goods, extra services and discounts?
Carnegie Mellon professor Jesse Schell imagines a mad yet brilliant future in this presentation to the DICE Summit 2010.
(“Design Outside the Box” Presentation via G4tv.com)
Unlink Your Feeds: A Manifesto. →
Listen. You need to unlink your feeds. I understand why you did it. I’ve made the same mistake myself. But it’s hurting your friends, it’s hurting you, and it’s hurting the Internet. You need to stop. You need to stop automatically dumping your feeds from one account into another. Look, I know…
Designing for improvisation
bobulate:
In the spring of 1959, seven musicians got together, some for the first time. When they arrived that day, each received a slip of paper with rough markings on it. Miles Davis, the organizer, had just handed them a little piece of history. You see, with this gesture, Miles Davis introduced something called modal jazz — a way of approaching improvisation unlike what had been seen before....
“Gladwell’s success as a speaker illustrates one of his homespun themes — hard...”
– How to look like you’re winging it: Figure out what your true objective is, then prepare and practice, practice, practice.
(From “The secrets of Malcolm Gladwell” by Gideon Rachman of FT.com)
Harkaway Wore red shirt this morning & now worried I look like Xmas elf. 13 Dec 2009 from Twittelator
MacDivaONA @Harkaway On mention of red shirt, I was anticipating/hoping for a “Star Trek” reference. ;) #nerdshame 13 Dec 2009 from dabr in reply to Harkaway
Harkaway @MacDivaONA Ohmigosh! Awesomely better paradigm! Can now treat family lunch as perilous...
“…If you don’t do some organization of your data up front, you probably...”
– Alex Payne — The Case Against Everything Buckets
